SJSU SAASC

Annual Report, 2017-2018

Prepared and submitted by:

San José State University (SJSU)
Society of American Archivists Student Chapter (SAASC)
Jennifer Castle, Chair
April Austin, Vice Chair
Theresa Berger, Secretary
31 May 2018
Introduction
The San José State University Society of American Archivists Student Chapter (SAASC) is
pleased to submit to the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Executive Council the 2017-2018
Annual Report on this year’s activities.

Members and Officers

Members
The following is a list of the SAASC members for the 2017-2018 academic year. The list is
comprised of students enrolled in SAASC’s group site on Canvas, the SJSU iSchool’s online
learning portal, who are also individual members of SAA. We have 125 people enrolled in our
group site on Canvas, and 36 of those individuals are both students and individual members of
SAA.

Austin, April Greenwich, Dakota Mize, Regina Siegal, Alicia

Baltz, Jocelyn Greggs, Rachel Ocegueda, Enid Silvernell, Shelby
Berger, Theresa Hansen, April Ochoa, Ana Thornton, Sarah
Carr, Shelley Hill, Jennifer Peralta, Michelle Williams, Shanese
Castle, Jennifer Hopkins, Courtney Reynolds, Melissa Yule, Tanya
Conrow, Angela Janes, Lisa Riney, Lauren Zepnick, Jaclyn
Contreras, Ronald Koontz, Charles Rosen, Anna Belle
Dewitt, Sarah Lacey, Desiree Secor, Darla
Flores-Rio, Natalie Larson, Julia Shelleman, Jessica
Garcia, Julieta Lema, Dana V. Shellmon, Teresa

Faculty Adviser

Lori Lindberg, lori.lindberg@sjsu.edu

Officers

Chair
Jennifer Castle, jenniferwcastle@gmail.com

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Vice Chair
April Austin, aprilbaustin@gmail.com

Secretary
Theresa Berger, theresa.berger48@gmail.com

Teams

Archeota Team
Kimberlee Frederick, Managing Editor – Fall 2017
Jennifer Castle, Editor – Fall 2017; Managing Editor – Spring 2018

Events Team
April Austin, Events Team Leader

Web Team
Theresa Berger, Web Team Leader
JoAnn Urban

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Summary of Events
Note: Virtual events were held via Blackboard Collaborate in Fall 2017. Subsequent events were
held in Zoom.

August 30, 2017 Annual Members Meeting (Virtual).

October 4, 2017 SAA’s #AskAnArchivist Day participant via Twitter

October 12, 2017 Job Hunting: What Search Committees Want You to Know (Virtual) with
Gene Hyde, Archivist and Head of Special Collections at the University
of North Carolina in Asheville

November 16, 2017 Scheduling a Closer Look: A Brief Introduction to the Works of Records
Management (Virtual) with Eira Tansey, Digital Archivist/Records
Manager at the University of Cincinnati Libraries

January 10, 2018 Spring iSchool Student Association Showcase Panel participant (Virtual).

February 6, 2018 Q&A with Special Librarians from Disney's Animation Research Library
(Virtual). A collaboration with SJSU’s Special Libraries Association
Student Chapter with Sharon Mizota, Jill Breznican and Jane
Glicksman.

February 27, 2017 Why Photos Matter to Archives More than Ever Before, and Why That's a
Problem (Virtual) with Dr. Leigh Gleason, Director of Collections at the
University of California Riverside ARTSblock and SJSU iSchool
lecturer.

April 6, 2018 Tour of the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA with SAASC Vice
Chair April Austin.

April 11, 2018 A Practical Approach to Digital Curation (Virtual). A collaboration with
SJSU’s Special Libraries Association Student Chapter with Arjun
Sabharwal, Associate Professor/Digital Initiatives Librarian at the
University of Toledo and ASIS&T’s SIG Member of the Year

April 18, 2018 How and Why to Become a Certified Archivist (Virtual) with Dr. Linn
Mott, Head of Collections at the Robert H. Goddard Library at Clark
University and past President of the Academy of Certified Archivists

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Projects
Team Structure

SAASC continued to utilize the team structure this year. In addition to the extant Events Team
and Web Team, the Archeota Team was officially formed in the Fall 2017 semester. Team
members are non-elected volunteers that are members of SAASC. The work of the teams is
critical to the success of SAASC.

Blackboard to Zoom Video Conversions

The San Jose State University School of Information made the switch from Blackboard
Collaborate to Zoom to hold virtual meetings. SAASC executive committee members ensured
pertinent recent recordings were converted to allow future members access.

Archeota

Veteran Archeota Managing Editor Kimberlee Frederick was unable to carry on her duties after
fall 2017, so Editor Jennifer Castle assumed responsibilities in the spring. On May 17, 2018
SAASC successfully released the seventh issue of Archeota (Volume 4, Issue 1), our official
publication and voice of the student archivists at SJSU. The design and readability of Archeota
were updated to resemble a newspaper publication, and much more content was included. In
2018-2019 SAASC aims to increase participation and diversify content even further. Archeota can
be viewed here: http://sjsusaasc.weebly.com/archeota.html

Social Media Statistics

The following is a listing of our current member statistics on our social media platforms.

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/29671378601/
430 members
38 added since May 2017

Twitter
https://twitter.com/sjsu_saasc
349 followers
46 added since May 2017

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YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6puQeiFF-J6KuRc6_2WQcQ
11 subscribers
50 views
4 added since May 2017